Market Overview

Any Given SundayCrunch talks in Brussels to bring about a solution to the Greek debt crisis failed yesterday as they have many, many times before and last chance meeting has been scheduled for Sunday....

Market Commentary Equities remain in the spotlight as China fears continue to roil markets; Europe down hard; major indices pressing the often watched 200 day moving averages; commodity collapse...

Is it a banana? In the 19th century, downturns were called “depressions.” However, the term got a bad name in the 1930s, and “recession” was coined. Alfred Kahn, one of...

We cannot remember having seen so many markets at critical points simultaneously. It is truly astonishing. Scary movie or turning points? We do not know for sure, but let’s review the strategic...

Asian indices tumbled sharply today following the stock market rout in China. At the time of writing, the China Shanghai composite is down -3.8%, after losing nearly -5% earlier in the day, proving...

DOW + 93 = 17,776SPX + 12 = 2081NAS + 5 = 499710 YR YLD – .05 = 2.23%OIL + .14 = 52.67GOLD – 15.50 = 1155.30SILV – .70 = 15.15These are interesting times. There is the situation in...

Talking Points: US Dollar Accelerating Higher en Route to June Swing High S&P 500 Rebuilding Downward Momentum After Correction Gold Drops to Four-Month Low, Crude Oil Digesting Losses US...

Stocks markets in Europe and Asia continued to decline yesterday and today while Wall-Street shares rose. Eurozone officials have provided Greece with a new deadline for offering a new...

At what point do people begin to be honest with themselves? At what point do they take off the blinders? At what point do they attempt to see the truth before their eyes? I am sorry folks, but gold...

The Tactical Trend Allocation strategy seeks to identify favorable investment opportunities among six primary asset classes. Capital is rotated to the specific markets that our portfolio managers...

The Greeks voted 'no' and should be applauded for their valor!Knowingly or not, their no vote has added extra cards to their hand. They now have more options than they would have had with a 'yes'...

The negative trend in global energy prices has continued to be problematic for the Canadian economy. Persistently weak energy prices have caused a significant dip in monthly GDP with May showing a...

It’s a slow day for scheduled economic news, although the unscheduled headlines will continue to grab the crowd’s attention, courtesy of a certain macro tragedy unfolding in real time. As...

For at least a week I have seen numerous headlines and articles purportedly offering Greece a "last chance".We saw the same headlines before both of the prior Greek bailouts. Thus, and in spite of the...